Fort Hood Shooter Execution Livestreamed
A former US Army sergeant who survived the mass shooting on Fort Hood has said that while he supports the execution of the gunman by firing squad, he is concerned about it being livestreamed.Reported by 3 of 27 outlets; wording from BBC.
Summary AI · cited
Donald Trump’s administration announced that the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad will be livestreamed.1
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in an interview with a conservative TV outlet that the execution would take place at Fort Hood on December 3 and would be public.1234
Nidal Malik Hasan was convicted of killing 13 people and injuring 32 others at the Fort Hood military base in 2009.235
A former US Army sergeant who survived the shooting expressed support for Hasan's execution by firing squad but questioned livestreaming it.6
Republican lawmakers and religious leaders have opposed the Pentagon’s plan to livestream the execution, while President Donald Trump has not yet decided whether to allow it.7
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Sources cited (8)
- Hegseth says firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter will be livestreamed The Independent, 8 Oct
- Pentagon says firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter will be livestreamed CBC, 8 Oct
- US to live stream firing squad execution of military base shooter Nidal Hasan South China Morning Post, 8 Oct
- Pentagon says Fort Hood shooter’s execution will be livestreamed Global News, 9 Oct
- Pentagon expected to livestream Fort Hood shooter's firing squad execution CBS News, 9 Oct
- Fort Hood survivor supports gunman's execution by firing squad but questions livestream BBC, 9 Oct
- Republican opposition widens to livestreamed execution; Trump still weighing the matter The Straits Times, 10 Oct
- Hegseth promises execution live stream as Trump appears to ‘pause’ war on Iran | First Thing The Guardian, 9 Oct
What happened
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Hegseth, a Trump appointee, confirmed the plans for the livestreamed execution on Oct 8.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Thursday that Nidal Hasan's execution by firing squad will be shown publicly on Dec. 3, and a Pentagon official later told CBS News the U.S. military plans to livestream it.
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Hasan, a former army psychiatrist, was convicted of killing 13 people and injuring 32 others in a shooting at the military base in 2009.
Hegseth said “we’ll make sure that people are able to watch it, that it’s public, because people need to understand there’s serious consequences for these types of things”.
Analysis
Agreed
Reported by outlets on both sides of the middle
Hasan was left paralyzed from the waist down after being shot in the back by law enforcement, and he now uses a wheelchair.
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Officials in the Pentagon clarified Thursday that the execution will be livestreamed and that more details would follow.
The last military execution took place April 13, 1961, when Army Private John Bennett was hanged.
The military hasn't executed a servicemember by firing squad since the Second World War.
Disputed
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- Some outlets report that the Pentagon has confirmed livestreaming the execution, while others suggest it is still under consideration and may not proceed.47
- Outlets differ on whether the method of execution by firing squad is appropriate for Hasan's case; some survivors support it, while others question livestreaming it.68
Framing
How the first headlines put it
Words to watch (5)
U.S. plan to live-stream execution by firing squad draws bipartisan, international outrage
Fort Hood survivor shot in head vows to watch terrorist face historic firing squad
Public execution of US army major by firing squad ‘disturbing’ – Phillipson
Daughter of Fort Hood victim slams Hegseth’s plan to livestream terrorist’s execution: ‘Nothing to do with justice’
Pete Hegseth says firing squad execution of Fort Hood terrorist will be made 'public'
How it changed
- 7 Oct
President Donald Trump authorized the execution of Hasan, the soldier convicted in the deadly 2009 shooting, by an Army firing squad following War Secretary Pete Hegseth‘s request, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said Monday.
- 8 Oct
Hasan, a former major and psychiatrist, opened fire at Fort Hood on Nov. 5, 2009, killing 13 people and wounding 32 others while shouting “Allahu akbar,” or “God is great” in Arabic.
- 9 Oct
Maher, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, said the center has “no record of any execution being live streamed,” and is “not aware of any regulation or precedent for a military execution to be live streamed on the internet or otherwise made widely available to the public.”
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- 10 Oct
Hegseth, a Trump appointee, confirmed the plans for the livestreamed execution on Oct 8.
- 11 Oct
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" defended the Pentagon's decision to livestream Ford Hood shooter Nidal Hassan's execution, saying "no one has to watch it if they don't choose to."
- 12 Oct
I know what the military would like to do, but I’ll make a decision,' Trump said.
- 13 Oct
House Speaker Mike Johnson was asked by CBS News chief Washington analyst Robert Costa about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's plan to live stream the firing squad execution of the Fort Hood shooter.
Coverage 94 articles
13 Oct Trump officials now leaning against execution livestream: sources
CBS News13 Oct Australia news LIVE: Albanese wants to block livestream of US execution in Australia; Chalmers says progressives have to take One Nation’s rise seriously
Sydney Morning Herald
13 Oct Daughter of Fort Hood victim slams Hegseth’s plan to livestream terrorist’s execution: ‘Nothing to do with justice’
New York Post
13 Oct Mike Johnson warns livestream execution could be ‘a recruiting tool for future terrorists’
The Independent
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13 Oct Australia will do ‘anything we can’ to stop U.S. execution being shown online: PM Albanese
The Hindu
13 Oct House Speaker Mike Johnson voices opposition to livestreamed execution planned by Hegseth
CBS News12 Oct Even Mike Johnson is warning Trump not to livestream execution of Fort Hood attacker
The Independent
12 Oct US Homeland Security chief defends plan to livestream execution
BBC12 Oct ‘Roman amphitheatre stuff’: Big tech, media warned over livestreamed US execution
Sydney Morning Herald
12 Oct Trump's homeland security chief defends public execution of wheelchair-bound murderer as part of president's move to 'restore American values'
Daily Mail12 Oct First a cage fight, now a livestreamed execution. America’s depravity knows no bounds
Sydney Morning Herald11 Oct US homeland security chief dismisses security threat from livestreaming execution of Fort Hood shooter
The Straits Times11 Oct Calls on federal government to block US execution live stream in Australia
ABC News (AU)
11 Oct Mullin spurns martyrdom concerns from livestreamed execution: ‘No one has to watch’
Washington Examiner
11 Oct Andy Burnham risks wrath of Trump by condemning 'abhorrent' US plan to livestream firing squad for terrorist
Daily Mail
11 Oct DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin defends decision to livestream Fort Hood shooter's execution
CBS News
11 Oct Trump says he will 'make a decision' on Pentagon's plans to livestream Nidal Hasan's firing squad execution
Fox News- 11 Oct PETER HITCHENS: I back capital punishment and have seen two executions. But I urge you NOT to watch the live stream of a US soldier's death by firing squad
Daily Mail 
10 Oct Trump to make ‘decision ultimately’ on Ft. Hood execution livestream
Washington Examiner
10 Oct Trump says he’ll decide whether to livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan
NBC News
10 Oct Trump says he ‘wasn’t involved’ in plan to livestream execution of Fort Hood murderer
New York Post
10 Oct Veteran shot 7 times in Fort Hood massacre has a warning for Americans planning to watch execution
Fox News
10 Oct Fort Hood survivors speak out on Pentagon's decision to livestream Hasan's execution
ABC News (US)
10 Oct Trump casts doubt on Pentagon plan to live stream Fort Hood shooter’s execution
South China Morning Post
10 Oct Trump sows doubt on plan to livestream US military execution
Dawn
10 Oct Vance expresses doubts about Pentagon plan to livestream Fort Hood shooter's execution
The Hindu
10 Oct It’s ‘what jihadists do’: Plan to livestream U.S. military firing squad execution draws criticism
National Post
10 Oct Execution of Fort Hood gunman to be livestreamed, Pentagon says
CBS News
10 Oct Backlash to livestream of firing squad execution
NBC News10 Oct Republican opposition widens to livestreamed execution; Trump still weighing the matter
The Straits Times
9 Oct The history of public executions in the U.S. amid Nidal Hasan's planned firing squad death
CBS News
9 Oct Republicans divided over Pentagon's plan to livestream execution of Fort Hood shooter
CBS News
9 Oct Rep. Adam Smith calls Pentagon plan to stream Fort Hood shooter execution "barbaric and gratuitous"
CBS News- 9 Oct Vance unsure if Pentagon will livestream a prisoner's execution, but he won't be watching
CBC 
9 Oct JD Vance says he won’t watch Pete Hegseth’s planned Fort Hood shooter execution livestream
The Independent
9 Oct What to know about the Army’s plans to livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter
Washington Examiner
9 Oct Watch: Can the Fort Hood shooter's execution be livestreamed?
BBC
9 Oct ‘Barbaric’: US lawmakers condemn plan to livestream Nidal Hasan’s execution
Al Jazeera
9 Oct U.S. plan to live-stream execution by firing squad draws bipartisan, international outrage
Los Angeles Times
9 Oct The U.S. last held a public execution in the 1930s. The Pentagon wants to change that
NPR
9 Oct Only 2 other countries hold public executions as U.S. plans first in 90 years
CBS News9 Oct Trump silent on Pentagon plan to live-stream execution of Fort Hood shooter
The Straits Times
9 Oct Vance expresses doubts about Pentagon plan to livestream Fort Hood shooter's execution
Toronto Star
9 Oct UN condemns US plan to livestream execution of Texas Fort Hood base gunman
Times of India- 9 Oct Explainer-Is it legal for the US to livestream the Fort Hood shooter's execution?
The Straits Times 
9 Oct Pete Hegseth Wants to Livestream a Snuff Film
Mother Jones9 Oct Trump silent on Pentagon plan to livestream execution
The Straits Times
9 Oct Fort Hood survivor questions livestreamed execution of shooter
Washington Examiner- 9 Oct Explainer: How the US plan to livestream an execution compares with global practice
The Straits Times 
9 Oct US to livestream Fort Hood shooter’s execution: Is that legal?
Al Jazeera
9 Oct Pentagon's plan to livestream execution sparks backlash
CBS News
9 Oct Fort Hood survivor will be at Nidal Hasan’s public execution to ‘look at him in his eyes’
New York Post
9 Oct Shock after news that Fort Hood shooter's execution could be livestreamed
CBS News
9 Oct Fort Hood shooter's firing squad execution to be livestreamed, Pentagon says
CBS News
9 Oct Execution live stream could cause PTSD in viewers, say psychiatrists
The Guardian
9 Oct Pete Hegseth accused of violating international law and compared to ISIS over Fort Hood killer's livestreamed execution
Daily Mail
9 Oct Survivor of Fort Hood massacre says he agrees with executing terrorist by firing squad - but opposes Trump's plan to livestream the killing
Daily Mail
9 Oct Public execution of US army major by firing squad ‘disturbing’ – Phillipson
Evening Standard
9 Oct Pete Hegseth Vows to Livestream Execution of Fort Hood Shooter
NBC News
9 Oct Pentagon plan to livestream execution of Fort Hood shooter prompts fierce political backlash – US politics live
The Guardian
9 Oct Hegseth promises execution live stream as Trump appears to ‘pause’ war on Iran | First Thing
The Guardian
9 Oct Fort Hood survivor supports gunman's execution by firing squad but questions livestream
BBC
9 Oct Pete Hegseth says execution of Fort Hood mass killer will be livestreamed – video
The Guardian
9 Oct Countries around the world consider blocking livestream of US execution
The Independent9 Oct Firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter will be livestreamed, Pentagon says
The Independent9 Oct US public executions were once a community spectacle. The country thought they stopped
The Independent
9 Oct US military will livestream the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter
Euronews
9 Oct Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter will be livestreamed
NPR
9 Oct US to livestream Army firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter, Pentagon says
Dawn
9 Oct Pentagon to livestream Nidal Hasan's firing squad execution on December 3
Times of India
9 Oct Execution TV? Pete Hegseth has taken the once ‘greatest democracy’ to a horrific new low | Paul Daley
The Guardian
9 Oct Pentagon will live stream Fort Hood shooter's execution, Hegseth says
CBS News
9 Oct Execution of Fort Hood shooter to be livestreamed
NBC News
9 Oct Pentagon expected to livestream Fort Hood shooter's firing squad execution
CBS News- 9 Oct U.S. military to livestream firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter
National Post 
9 Oct Pentagon says firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed
The Hindu
9 Oct Hegseth says firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter will be ‘public’
Al Jazeera
9 Oct Pentagon says Fort Hood shooter’s execution will be livestreamed
Global News
8 Oct Pentagon confirms Fort Hood terrorist's firing squad execution will be livestreamed: 'Details will follow'
Fox News
8 Oct US to live stream firing squad execution of military base shooter Nidal Hasan
South China Morning Post
8 Oct Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed
Toronto Star
8 Oct Fort Hood shooter's execution by firing squad will be livestreamed, Pentagon says
BBC8 Oct US to livestream firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter
Sydney Morning Herald
8 Oct Pentagon says firing squad’s execution of Fort Hood shooter will be livestreamed
NBC News8 Oct ‘Public’ execution by firing squad for military base shooter Nidal Hasan, says US’ Hegseth
The Straits Times- 8 Oct Pentagon says firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter will be livestreamed
CBC - 8 Oct US to livestream Army execution of Fort Hood shooter, Pentagon official says
The Straits Times
The Independent
8 Oct Hegseth says execution of Fort Hood shooter will be a public event
The Guardian
8 Oct Pete Hegseth says firing squad execution of Fort Hood terrorist will be made 'public'
Daily Mail
8 Oct Hegseth says Hasan execution will be public
ABC News (US)
8 Oct Fort Hood survivor shot in head vows to watch terrorist face historic firing squad
Fox News
8 Oct Army mass shooter Nadal Hassan’s execution will be public, carried out by ‘soldiers with rifles’ at Fort Hood: Hegseth
New York Post
7 Oct Firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan set for December
Washington Examiner
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